Validating Protestant Denominational Classifications Using the Chaves Inerrancy Scale
We validate the classification of 16 "mainline" and 97 "evangelical" Protestant denominations in Religious Congregations and Membership in the United States, 2000 based on Mark Chaves' five-point Biblical "inerrancy" scale. Using Glenmary county data, nearly perfec...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2011]
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Politics and religion
Year: 2011, Volume: 4, Issue: 2, Pages: 355-365 |
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| Summary: | We validate the classification of 16 "mainline" and 97 "evangelical" Protestant denominations in Religious Congregations and Membership in the United States, 2000 based on Mark Chaves' five-point Biblical "inerrancy" scale. Using Glenmary county data, nearly perfect correlations were derived between the percentage of adherents in "evangelical" denominations and levels three-four on the Chaves scale and between the percentage of adherents in "mainline" denominations and level 1 on the Chaves scale. The distinguishing characteristic of Evangelical or Mainline Protestant denominations, therefore, is Biblical inerrancy or its absence. As a guide for future empirical research, this comprehensive listing of Evangelical and Mainline Protestant denominations should be employed in aggregate studies, especially where county-level analysis is applied to one state or a subset of states. |
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| ISSN: | 1755-0491 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Politics and religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S1755048311000150 |